Balancecraft
@balancecraft.bsky.social
Democracy, antitrust, psychedelics
My views are "a special arrangement sanctioned by history"
Postwar substack series (how did "grandfather of the VC industry" sabotage reconstruction of postwar Germany?) https://open.substack.com/pub/balancecraft/p/b
My views are "a special arrangement sanctioned by history"
Postwar substack series (how did "grandfather of the VC industry" sabotage reconstruction of postwar Germany?) https://open.substack.com/pub/balancecraft/p/b
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As mayor of New York Mamdani controls access to the one thing Trump values above all else: tickets to CATS.
November 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
As mayor of New York Mamdani controls access to the one thing Trump values above all else: tickets to CATS.
What, don't Big Tech trials make everyone think about the rhetorical flexes of Thomas Paine?
open.substack.com/pub/bigtecho...
open.substack.com/pub/bigtecho...
Day 12: Turnabout is Fair Play
In closing arguments on remedies for Google's illegal adtech monopolies, each side claims their remedy proposal is more effective, cautious, simple, and trustworthy, while Judge Brinkema keeps her eye...
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
What, don't Big Tech trials make everyone think about the rhetorical flexes of Thomas Paine?
open.substack.com/pub/bigtecho...
open.substack.com/pub/bigtecho...
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"The 20th century model of housing abundance stood on many legs: decentralized lending, productive land use, and fierce competition between homebuilders, among other things."
@balancecraft.bsky.social and Kainoa Lowman break down our new paper's recommendations for how to restore it.👇
@balancecraft.bsky.social and Kainoa Lowman break down our new paper's recommendations for how to restore it.👇
November 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"The 20th century model of housing abundance stood on many legs: decentralized lending, productive land use, and fierce competition between homebuilders, among other things."
@balancecraft.bsky.social and Kainoa Lowman break down our new paper's recommendations for how to restore it.👇
@balancecraft.bsky.social and Kainoa Lowman break down our new paper's recommendations for how to restore it.👇
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i have taken down
the internet
that was working
Just fine
and which
you were probably
counting on
for literally everything
forgive me
no clouds
no flare
the internet
that was working
Just fine
and which
you were probably
counting on
for literally everything
forgive me
no clouds
no flare
November 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
i have taken down
the internet
that was working
Just fine
and which
you were probably
counting on
for literally everything
forgive me
no clouds
no flare
the internet
that was working
Just fine
and which
you were probably
counting on
for literally everything
forgive me
no clouds
no flare
Judge Pitts ruled that the States can intervene to challenge whether DOJ's allegedly corrupt settlement of the HPE/Juniper merger is in the public interest.
Lots of procedural details to work out, but my guess is there will be a Tunney Act hearing. He wants to focus on remedy substance, but...
Lots of procedural details to work out, but my guess is there will be a Tunney Act hearing. He wants to focus on remedy substance, but...
Happening now:
Can states intervene in DOJ's allegedly corrupt settlement of HPE/Juniper merger?
Watch court hearing on zoom today at 1pm ET (10am PT)
Link: cand-uscourts.zoomgov.com/j/1602081619... ID: 160 208 1619Password: 144322
Can states intervene in DOJ's allegedly corrupt settlement of HPE/Juniper merger?
Watch court hearing on zoom today at 1pm ET (10am PT)
Link: cand-uscourts.zoomgov.com/j/1602081619... ID: 160 208 1619Password: 144322
November 18, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Judge Pitts ruled that the States can intervene to challenge whether DOJ's allegedly corrupt settlement of the HPE/Juniper merger is in the public interest.
Lots of procedural details to work out, but my guess is there will be a Tunney Act hearing. He wants to focus on remedy substance, but...
Lots of procedural details to work out, but my guess is there will be a Tunney Act hearing. He wants to focus on remedy substance, but...
Happening now:
Can states intervene in DOJ's allegedly corrupt settlement of HPE/Juniper merger?
Watch court hearing on zoom today at 1pm ET (10am PT)
Link: cand-uscourts.zoomgov.com/j/1602081619... ID: 160 208 1619Password: 144322
Can states intervene in DOJ's allegedly corrupt settlement of HPE/Juniper merger?
Watch court hearing on zoom today at 1pm ET (10am PT)
Link: cand-uscourts.zoomgov.com/j/1602081619... ID: 160 208 1619Password: 144322
November 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Happening now:
Can states intervene in DOJ's allegedly corrupt settlement of HPE/Juniper merger?
Watch court hearing on zoom today at 1pm ET (10am PT)
Link: cand-uscourts.zoomgov.com/j/1602081619... ID: 160 208 1619Password: 144322
Can states intervene in DOJ's allegedly corrupt settlement of HPE/Juniper merger?
Watch court hearing on zoom today at 1pm ET (10am PT)
Link: cand-uscourts.zoomgov.com/j/1602081619... ID: 160 208 1619Password: 144322
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Why is there a shortage of single family homes?
Many reasons, but one underexplored factor is that financing for homebuilding has changed dramatically
My new paper dives into that history and offer policy solutions
www.economicliberties.us/our-work/cap...
Many reasons, but one underexplored factor is that financing for homebuilding has changed dramatically
My new paper dives into that history and offer policy solutions
www.economicliberties.us/our-work/cap...
November 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Why is there a shortage of single family homes?
Many reasons, but one underexplored factor is that financing for homebuilding has changed dramatically
My new paper dives into that history and offer policy solutions
www.economicliberties.us/our-work/cap...
Many reasons, but one underexplored factor is that financing for homebuilding has changed dramatically
My new paper dives into that history and offer policy solutions
www.economicliberties.us/our-work/cap...
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As I was saying
"These big lenders and builders have sometimes created artificial scarcity designed to bolster profits rather than increase the actual number of homes being built."
www.ft.com/content/067c...
"These big lenders and builders have sometimes created artificial scarcity designed to bolster profits rather than increase the actual number of homes being built."
www.ft.com/content/067c...
Housing is where the buck stops
Over the next few years, it will be the most politicised business sector in America
www.ft.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
As I was saying
"These big lenders and builders have sometimes created artificial scarcity designed to bolster profits rather than increase the actual number of homes being built."
www.ft.com/content/067c...
"These big lenders and builders have sometimes created artificial scarcity designed to bolster profits rather than increase the actual number of homes being built."
www.ft.com/content/067c...
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🏠📄NEW: Our latest paper — "Capital Crunch" — is OUT NOW!
The paper details the policy choices that created today’s financialized homebuilding industry, which bends to the will of Wall Street, restricting single-family home supply and raising prices. 👇
The paper details the policy choices that created today’s financialized homebuilding industry, which bends to the will of Wall Street, restricting single-family home supply and raising prices. 👇
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
🏠📄NEW: Our latest paper — "Capital Crunch" — is OUT NOW!
The paper details the policy choices that created today’s financialized homebuilding industry, which bends to the will of Wall Street, restricting single-family home supply and raising prices. 👇
The paper details the policy choices that created today’s financialized homebuilding industry, which bends to the will of Wall Street, restricting single-family home supply and raising prices. 👇
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"A land-value tax would discourage land hoarding, and the number of properties that can be owned by any single corporate landlord should be limited. Concentration is the enemy of supply."
El acaparamiento de suelo y vivienda debe frenarse para que aumente la oferta vía @ranaforoohar.bsky.social.
El acaparamiento de suelo y vivienda debe frenarse para que aumente la oferta vía @ranaforoohar.bsky.social.
What happens when housing supply is driven by markets not Main Street
Home prices in America won’t come down without systemic reform
www.ft.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM
"A land-value tax would discourage land hoarding, and the number of properties that can be owned by any single corporate landlord should be limited. Concentration is the enemy of supply."
El acaparamiento de suelo y vivienda debe frenarse para que aumente la oferta vía @ranaforoohar.bsky.social.
El acaparamiento de suelo y vivienda debe frenarse para que aumente la oferta vía @ranaforoohar.bsky.social.
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From "Housing is shelter, but it is also an asset class" to "Housing should be about shelter first and foremost — not investors’ profits" in 850 breezy words, in the @financialtimes.com no less. Kudos @ranaforoohar.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/242f...
www.ft.com/content/242f...
November 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
From "Housing is shelter, but it is also an asset class" to "Housing should be about shelter first and foremost — not investors’ profits" in 850 breezy words, in the @financialtimes.com no less. Kudos @ranaforoohar.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/242f...
www.ft.com/content/242f...
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Summers conferred with Epstein frequently about how to extract sexual favors from a Harvard econ grad (AB '04, PhD '09)
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jef...
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Summers conferred with Epstein frequently about how to extract sexual favors from a Harvard econ grad (AB '04, PhD '09)
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
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LinkedIn one click apply to all the jobs
November 14, 2025 at 6:10 AM
LinkedIn one click apply to all the jobs
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Amazing semi-lost letter from Theodore Roosevelt denouncing paid critics of antitrust and "law-defying corporations of immense wealth who ... expect[] others to treat them beyond and above any possible check from law"
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte - Theodore Roosevelt Center
President Roosevelt congratulates Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte for his speech at Chicago, ...
www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Amazing semi-lost letter from Theodore Roosevelt denouncing paid critics of antitrust and "law-defying corporations of immense wealth who ... expect[] others to treat them beyond and above any possible check from law"
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Beyond the Brain Reset: Óscar Soto on Mechanisms of Psychedelic Action
psychedelicalpha.com/news/beyond-...
psychedelicalpha.com/news/beyond-...
Beyond the Brain Reset: Óscar Soto on Mechanisms of Psychedelic Action - Psychedelic Alpha
In this interview with Psychedelic Alpha’s Josh Hardman, psychiatrist, therapist and researcher Dr. Óscar Soto discusses psychedelic trial design, therapeutic fidelity, and the evolving role of…
psychedelicalpha.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Beyond the Brain Reset: Óscar Soto on Mechanisms of Psychedelic Action
psychedelicalpha.com/news/beyond-...
psychedelicalpha.com/news/beyond-...
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Hemp industry advocates are pledging to use the one-year gap between enactment and implementation of the government funding agreement, which effectively recriminalized most hemp-derived THC products, to craft new regulatory legislation that stops short of a full ban.
Hemp Policy At Crossroads After Government Reopening Bill - Law360
Hemp industry advocates are pledging to use the one-year gap between enactment and implementation of the government funding agreement, which effectively recriminalized most hemp-derived THC products, ...
www.law360.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Hemp industry advocates are pledging to use the one-year gap between enactment and implementation of the government funding agreement, which effectively recriminalized most hemp-derived THC products, to craft new regulatory legislation that stops short of a full ban.
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Billionaires are more publicly involved in politics than ever—and Americans aren’t loving it.
Americans Want Billionaires Out Of Politics—And Think They’re A Threat To Democracy, Poll Shows
Billionaires are more publicly involved in politics than ever—and Americans aren’t loving it.
www.forbes.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Billionaires are more publicly involved in politics than ever—and Americans aren’t loving it.
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NEW: Before the recent Epstein disclosures, Larry Summers was poised to lead the economic policy plank for the Democrats' "Project 2029" effort at the Center for American Progress. He signed off on a housing policy paper CAP was prepping for next week.
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
Epstein Confidant Larry Summers Guiding Democrats’ ‘Project 2029’ - The American Prospect
Summers was overseeing the economic policy plank of the Center for American Progress’s effort. Emails released this week show him in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein.
prospect.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
NEW: Before the recent Epstein disclosures, Larry Summers was poised to lead the economic policy plank for the Democrats' "Project 2029" effort at the Center for American Progress. He signed off on a housing policy paper CAP was prepping for next week.
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
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Closed-door MAHA summit discusses psychedelics, Maryland task force recommends psilocybin program, and new Oregon psilocybin rules themicrodose.substack.com/p/closed-doo...
Closed-door MAHA summit discusses psychedelics, Maryland task force recommends psilocybin program, and new Oregon psilocybin rules
Plus: Synthetic 5-MeO-DMT reduces depression scores, and psychedelic use and alcohol use disorder
themicrodose.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Closed-door MAHA summit discusses psychedelics, Maryland task force recommends psilocybin program, and new Oregon psilocybin rules themicrodose.substack.com/p/closed-doo...
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Our friends at the UC Berkeley Center for Law & Technology are hosting an event on the legal ramifications of rescheduling psychedelics on Monday, November 17. Anyone is welcome to register🎉 @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social
www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bcl...
www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bcl...
After Schedule I: Federal Psychedelic Rescheduling and the Impact on State Law
www.law.berkeley.edu
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Our friends at the UC Berkeley Center for Law & Technology are hosting an event on the legal ramifications of rescheduling psychedelics on Monday, November 17. Anyone is welcome to register🎉 @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social
www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bcl...
www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bcl...
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Greetings BlueSky! I'll mostly post photographs.
This one is currently the "Photo of the Week" in the @alexandriatimes.bsky.social .
#Pentax K-S2 with DA 70mm Limited F2.4. ƒ/4, 1sec @ ISO 200. #Alexandria #ALX #photography
So concludes my #firstpost . Thank you for looking!
This one is currently the "Photo of the Week" in the @alexandriatimes.bsky.social .
#Pentax K-S2 with DA 70mm Limited F2.4. ƒ/4, 1sec @ ISO 200. #Alexandria #ALX #photography
So concludes my #firstpost . Thank you for looking!
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Greetings BlueSky! I'll mostly post photographs.
This one is currently the "Photo of the Week" in the @alexandriatimes.bsky.social .
#Pentax K-S2 with DA 70mm Limited F2.4. ƒ/4, 1sec @ ISO 200. #Alexandria #ALX #photography
So concludes my #firstpost . Thank you for looking!
This one is currently the "Photo of the Week" in the @alexandriatimes.bsky.social .
#Pentax K-S2 with DA 70mm Limited F2.4. ƒ/4, 1sec @ ISO 200. #Alexandria #ALX #photography
So concludes my #firstpost . Thank you for looking!
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The Democratic Establishment loves this man, who, along with others, urged people to vote for Cuomo against Mamdani.
They all suck.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
They all suck.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Bantered Regularly With Larry Summers
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The Democratic Establishment loves this man, who, along with others, urged people to vote for Cuomo against Mamdani.
They all suck.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
They all suck.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
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TIL this famous image of brain activity on psilocybin vs placebo is not only a simplified "illustration" but it's also based on a 2mg dose of psilocybin. That's barely a microdose.
November 9, 2025 at 12:20 AM
TIL this famous image of brain activity on psilocybin vs placebo is not only a simplified "illustration" but it's also based on a 2mg dose of psilocybin. That's barely a microdose.